Impressions of Belgrade and Serbia (and some occasional vacation photos!) by a long-term ex-pat.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Pots and pans

The company Metalac (May-TAHL-ahts), located about 120 kilometers from Belgrade in Gornji Milanovac (GOR-nyee Me-LAHN-oh-vahts), is one of the most successful producers of enameled, teflonized, and Inox kitchenware in Europe. The 46 year-old company exports 70% of its production to France, England, Spain, Germany, Italy, Russia, USA, and Australia. Recently this year Metalac participated in the Housewares Show in Chicago. My guess is that this lady on one of Belgrade's large green markets is reselling some mismatched pieces of enameled pots and pans she may have purchased at the factory. She's even offering some carrots and parsley to cook in them!

Pat,Belated congratulations on your 31st wedding anniversary. I hope it was a special day for you both. It fell on my older brother's birthday, which I celebrated by attending a concert. So, I was with you in spirit on the happy occasion.

The enamel ware here reminds me of a long forgotten brown set we had when we first married, and which I just loved because someone had given us matching tea towels and I made matching kitchen curtains. I'd forgotten all that 'til just now. :-)-KimSeattle Daily Photo

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Who am I?

I'm an American woman who's lived and worked in Serbia for over 40 years. I've come to love the people with all their idiosyncrasies, and created this blog to help break some of the negative press about Serbs. I take requests for photos!